Man snaps cell phone pics in women’s bathroom

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Palo Alto police are looking for a digital peeper who reportedly entered a women’s bathroom at a community center, snapped a cell phone picture of a woman in a bathroom stall and then ran away, officials said.

Police learned of the incident when they rushed to a call from the Cubberley Community Center at 4000 Middlefield Road around 8 p.m. Thursday.

The victim, a woman in her 20s, told investigators she entered an empty bathroom in the “A” wing of the center and went into one of the stalls. A short time later, a man came into the bathroom and entered the stall directly next to hers.

She said she noticed the man was wearing men’s hiking boots and jeans — and then the suspect stuck a cell phone underneath the dividing wall and appeared to take a picture of the victim.

The victim began yelling at the man, who immediately fled the restroom. By the time she got outside, he was roughly 40 yards away.

The suspect was described as either white or Asian, weighing between 150 and 160 pounds and standing 5 feet 8 inches tall with collar length brown hair. He was wearing a black zippered hoodie, blue jeans and hiking boots.